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About Dr. Dr. Gary Gianniny

Gary Gianniny is the chair and a professor in the Department of Geosciences at Fort Lewis College. He joined the college in 1999. Dr. Gianniny’s research focuses on sedimentary geology associated with aquifers and oil and gas, climate change, water issues and other related topics in the southwestern United States. His research has been funded by variety of sources, including a recent partnership with Kinder Morgan (to study the Mississippian Leadville Limestone in Southwestern Colorado), the Fort Lewis College Foundation and several other organizations. His work with his students can be found in several peer-reviewed publications and in numerous national conference proceedings for the Geological Society of America, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Ecological Society of America and other organizations. Prior to Fort Lewis, Dr. Gianniny was an assistant professor at Bucknell University.

Dr. Gianniny was the 2012 Fort Lewis College Scholar of the Year. He is the past president (and vice president) of the Four Corners Geological Society and serves as President of the organization’s Foundation board.